Columbian Bank of Topeka, reported $92 million in delinquent loans in the second quarter.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. was appointed receiver of Columbian Bank of Topeka, Kan., which had $752 million in assets and $622 million in deposits as of June 30.

The FDIC did not give a reason for the closure, but Columbian reported $92 million in delinquent loans in the second quarter, citing a “volatile real estate market.” The bank set aside $9.2 million for loan losses in the first quarter, up nearly 30 percent from the $7.1 million it set aside in the first quarter of 2007.

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SONOFABUSH! If that ain’t enough, look what else this disaster is doing to our neighborhoods. This from cnnmoney:

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These homes for sale suck

Never before have there been so many squalid, dilapidated homes on the market – and they’re helping to exaggerate already-plummeting home prices.

By Les Christie, CNNMoney.com staff writer

Last Updated: August 22, 2008

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Mold, maggots and piles of festering trash – no wonder home prices are in freefall.

It’s not just the subprime mortgage crisis that’s to blame for plummeting home prices. A flood of squalid properties on the market is helping to exaggerate the post-bubble price declines.

“Part of the reason home prices are declining is a fundamental deterioration in the housing stock,” said Glenn Kelman, CEO of the online, discount broker Redfin. “During the boom, nine out of 10 houses for sale in many markets were in prime condition. Now, for every 10 houses, at least three are dogs.”

Most of these mutts are foreclosed properties that have been permitted to fall into disrepair by lenders overwhelmed with thousands of vacant homes. If these houses sell at all, they’re going for bargain basement prices that are hurting home values throughout the neighborhood.

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